[GreenKeys] Yet another magic lubricant

[tony j. podrasky]

Hey Lee;

That was just like reading a "Dave Barry" column...

:-)

UE,
W6ESE - tony
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Lee Mushel wrote:
> Well, you guys never seem to like my lubrication suggestions but here is 
> another one.   Go to a plumbing supply store.   No, you can't go to a big 
> box store---they won't know what you're talking about.   I mean a little 
> place that does nothing but sell plumbing supplies and all you find are rows 
> of old lavatories and toilets in the display area but out back they stock 
> parts for faucets made in 1903..
> 
> Ask them for some silicone lubricant.  They will assume that you really 
> don't want a "serious" product since you don't look like a plumber.   So 
> they will suggest some dumb, runny black goop in a jar or bottle.   Say, 
> "No, I want the stuff that comes in a little tin jar with about a half ounce 
> in it."   You will know you have the right stuff when he tells you that the 
> dinky quantity costs $10. It is a colorless grease.
> 
> What you have is a lubricant that makes faucets work forever and is, 
> obviously, totally inert because you will be consuming a few atoms from time 
> to time.   Apply to your plastic gears in the thinnest possible way and I 
> think you will be pleased.
> 
> I will say, once again, for any other lubrication application, use Tri-Flo. 
> If it's good enough for machine guns it's good enough for teletype machines.
> 
> 73
> Lee   K9WRU

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Tony J. Podrasky | I have yet to see any problem, however
                  | complicated, which when looked at in the right
                  | way, did not become still more complicated.
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